In my six years as a stepmother, I have been degraded, alienated, and threatened by a high conflict birth mom and her partner. The same CPS office where I fostered and worked was called to my home on my birthday... Read More

When I was 24, a man I’d been with and made a baby with came home from work, took one look at me, and asked if that’s what I’d worn that day. I’d been feeling cute, finally like myself after... Read More

This isn’t just a photo of my youngest. It’s a photo his dad sent me because he wanted to share the awesome vacation he and his wife took their kids on. It’s a photo built on mutual respect for the... Read More